A good read on briar

[Sasquatch]

Written by others and posted on another forum, I shall unashamedly lift it and call it my own contribution here.

http://www.rmperkins.com/RMPerkins/Misc ... Briar.pdf



This is TOTALLY cool. Go read it.

[RadDavis]

Is that supposed to be a link?

Rad

[Sasquatch]

http://www.rmperkins.com/RMPerkins/Misc ... fBriar.pdf


I guess the forum sees it as a link if you just punch in the url .... so... there ya go.

[Charl]

Interesting read, Sas, thanks!

[Boekweg]

yes sas, very interesting. Thanks!

[ckr]

A point of interest in that study is that the more extractives that were removed from the briar the lower was its resistance to burning and that those extractives when embedded into other woods increased their resistance. Kind of a shame that the materials extracted were analyzed and listed.